WEEK SIX (Monday 13th June –Friday 17th June, 2022)

LESSON NOTE FOR WEEK SIX ENDING 17TH JUNE, 2022

SUBJECT: English Language

CLASS: Grade 11
TOPIC: Homonyms and Homophones
TIME: 45 Minutes

DEFINITION OF TERM
Homonyms are words that have the same sound or spelling but differ
in meaning. The difference lies in the contextual meaning and usage
of the words. Examples of homonyms include;
S/N Homonyms Meaning Sentence usage
1 Quail

Quail
2. bat

bat
3 Scale

Scale
4 Ship

Ship
5 Tie
Tie
6 Cool

Cool
7 Clip

Clip
8 Park
 Park
9 Ruler

Ruler
10 sink
sink
11 Watch

Watch
12 Palm

Palm
13 Wave
Wave
14 Bank

Bank
15 Ring

Ring
16 Can
can
17 Bear
bear
18 Tear
tear
19 Bow
bow
20 Row
row

HOMOPHONES
Homophones are words that have the same pronunciation but their
spellings and meanings differ. Understanding the difference in
meaning lies in the contextual usage of the words.
For example,
1. Buy, bye, by
2. Coral, choral
3. Click, clique
4. Jean, gin, gene
5. Check, Czech
6. Bury, berry
7. Core, corps
8. Fare, fair
9. Faze, phase
10. Pale, pail
11. Gored, gourd
12. Yoke, yolk
13. Cent, scent
14. Night, knight
15. Hole, whole
16. Road, rode
17. Ate, eight
18. Blue, blew
19. Fair, fare
20. Here, hear
21. For, four
22. Hi, high
23. New, knew
24. Rain, reign, rein
25. Right, write
26. Way, weigh
27. Weather, whether
28. Son, sun
29. Wood, would
30. Seam,seem

MID-TERM HOME WORK: To be given in class